Hi everyone! It's been awhile. We've been having a very busy few months with little work on the house. Nate has been in full swing with his thesis and applying to jobs and I have been consumed with work and track. A few weeks ago things got more interesting when Nate got a call for an on-campus interview at Lycoming college in Williamsport PA. He headed out pretty much immediately to PA for his interview and I flew out a few days later to check out the area. It was a really nice area and the job was great. The only down side was that it was 3 hours from anything. A few days after we got home, Nate got another on-campus interview, this time in FL. Once again he headed right out for the interview (I didn't get to join him on this one). At that point he had been offered the job in PA and so we were under a little bit of a time crunch for making decisions. Nate surprisingly liked the school (Florida Southern College) and the area and so after a lot of hard pro and con lists, we decided to pass on the Lycoming offer. Florida gave us a week to decide which was nice because we were already planning a trip down to FL to visit Nate's aunt and uncle during my spring break. While we were down, we visited the school twice and were able to see 16 houses to get an idea of the area. We both really loved the school, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the town (Lakeland) and the location is great. It is 45 min to Tampa and 1 hr to Orlando. With all that we saw, we decided to accept the offer at Florida Southern. It is a tenure track position in the Math department with a focus on teaching which is what Nate was looking for. It's also nice because since it isn't directly on the coast, it has Oak trees and a more New England feel which sounds silly but I think will make the transition easier. Here are a few pics of our trip.
Florida Southern
The obvious question now is... What about the house? We have decided to put it on the market and try and sell it before we move. As soon as we got back to MA we started getting the house ready, putting the finishing touches on all of our projects and decluttering the house. We are hoping to get the house on the market in the next few weeks and I will be posting pictures of the house as we go. Hopefully everyone will help out and give suggestions on pics and decorating so that we can sell the house fast!
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